The first great dystopian novel of the 20th century, written in secret in early Soviet Russia.

In a post-revolutionary future, OneState is ruled according to the principles of rationality.

The penalty for dissent is death.

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D-503, the chief engineer of the state, meets the beautiful I-330.Her initial intentions seem innocent, but soon D starts to question her identity, and indeed his own.

02 LAST

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D-503 becomes increasingly infatuated by the beautiful I-330, although he suspects she is a revolutionary.The key to his fate seems to lie in the hands of the mysterious S - but who is S? An agent of the state? A revolutionary himself? D's ordered world unravels as the story hurtles towards its conclusion.